BLOG TOUR STOP: REVIEW, EXCERPT, TEASERS, AND GIVEAWAY: The Fantasy (A Desperate Man, Volume 1) by Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine

Fantasies – we all have them.

For some it’s their dream job; others want the wedding, the 2.5 kids, the white picket fence.

My fantasies are a bit more…depraved.

Dark and sinful, they have destroyed relationships and my livelihood, yet I still submit to them like a slave.

Sex.

For most, it’s a natural expression of love, caring, or lust.

But there are those of us who can’t stop once we’ve had a taste.

Those of us who don’t want to.

And the shame of that never-ending cycle will eat us alive…

My name is Evan James, and I am a sex addict.

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Like Evan James, I’m left wanting and a bit desperate for the next installment of Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine’s serial A Desperate Man. Because this is volume one, a lot of the staging needs to be set, and Frank and Blaine do a great job of presenting some of Evan’s back story while still moving the storyline forward. Evan is definitely a desperate man; he’s like a junkie looking for his next fix, but that desperation evolves and starts to revolve around one person – one person who is supposed to be off limits – one person who continues to tempt his beast and incite his hunger for climax.

It’s clear from the get go that Evan has an addictive personality and his addiction is sex – at the beginning of the story, Evan doesn’t care where he gets his release from – his hand with a little lube, a mouth, or any warm hole will do – until her. It’s not that she quenches the constant urges he feels; it’s just that his fixation with sex becomes a fixation with her as well, which definitely complicates his life more than he seems to be able to manage.

This is not a romantic novella – it is about fucking and nothing else, which makes perfect sense with where Evan’s addiction has taken him. Frank and Blaine provide great insight into Evan’s struggles and what his compulsion has done to his life. He is not in control – his need for release is and that is clearly illustrated throughout the course of the text.

This is a story about a desperate man’s attempt to control his addiction by continually sating his need. It’s about a man looking for redemption while still battling to overpower a need that is constantly trying to claw its way out.

Will he ever be satisfied? Will the craving ever go away, especially now that his ultimate fantasy is within arm’s reach? Readers will have to wait for the next volume to get the answers we need to understand more of Evan’s past and what his future holds with his job and the woman who has him losing his mind.

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

4 poison apples

“Come here.”

Evan James crooked his finger at the blonde currently shimmying back into her minuscule, tight, black dress. The same one she’d worn last night that had called like a siren’s song to his cock in the middle of the dimly lit club.

She looked over at him with heavy-lidded eyes and held the barely there fabric still around her waist. His eyes zoomed in on the impressive breasts overflowing out of her sheer, black bra. Covered, but not enough.

His mouth watered, and he wanted to drag her back to the bed and take hold of her ripe nipple before pulling the fabric down and out of his way to take her fully into his mouth again.

After having had her so many times in the last few hours, she’d no doubt taste of him on every inch of her soft skin. He liked that. Before, she’d tasted faintly of vanilla musk—a fragrance he wasn’t overly fond of. He’d made quick, dirty work of her though, marking and leaving his scent on her with his lips, his sex, his come, and he figured one last go-round before sending her on her way would suppress his craving for at least a couple of days.

He hoped. His appetite was voracious.

“Can’t get enough, can you?” She leaned down over the edge of the bed and placed her hands there, giving him an ample view of what he wanted. Now.

He narrowed his eyes. “Don’t play with me.”

Blondie tsked and put her knees on the mattress, crawling on all fours toward him. “Oh, baby, I told you you’d never want me to leave once you got inside.”

She was right about that much. If he could live in pussy, he would. It was his weakness, his addiction, the one thing he’d give up anything and everything for. And he nearly had.

Brooke: A bottle of water, chapstick/lip gloss, and some form of communication
2. Name the last 3 books you have purchased.Brooke: The King by Tiffany Reisz, Made by J.M. Darhower, and a signed copy of The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra ClareElla: A King Undone by Cooper Davis, Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead, and Sempre by J.M. Darhower
3. Your biggest pet peeve?Ella: Being told to talk in a quieter voice. I get loud when excited. It takes away the fun when interrupted and told to speak softly. ~pouts~

Brooke: Most of mine have to do with people being glued to phones in public, whether it’s during a movie or live theatre, at dinner with friends, or while trying to have a one on one conversation. No one’s in the moment anymore.
4. Favorite male body part?

Brooke: Eyes, always. Can height be a body part too? Because I hate being taller than the guy all the time.

Ella: Nice, broad shoulders.
5. Do you believe in love at first sight?

Ella: No. I think you can find someone extremely attractive, but to love a person, I believe you need to know them.

Brooke: No way. To love someone, you need to love all of them, even the ugly parts they don’t want you to see. And at first sight, they definitely aren’t showing off those flaws.
6. Sex on the first date?

Brooke: For my friends? Absofuckinglutely. I love hearing about it afterward. 😉 But for me, probably not. I’m much shyer than I let on.

Ella: No. And not because I’m a prude, I just never have.
7. If you can be any fictional character for a day, who would you want to be?

Ella: Elizabeth Bennett on her wedding day (and night) to Mr. Darcy.

Brooke: Ohhh, good one, Ella. I’m gonna go total potternerd and say any character in Harry Potter. For the butter beer and magic spells, of course.
8. Write a short letter to Santa Claus and show us how it would like.

Brooke: Dear Santa, I’ve been really good for the last twenty minutes that I’ve been writing these answers, so let’s just focus on that, shall we? Ps – I’ll leave you dark chocolate bacon cupcakes instead of stale cookies this year if you put our book in everyone’s stockings.

Ella: Dear Santa, Just because my name made it to the top of the naughty list does not mean I participated in any kind of shenanigans. I was a good girl, I promise… well okay, maybe not promise, how about…I think? Love & kisses, Ella